Who did a Ted talk about space? You mean capstone. Yeah, but what is capstone? Capstone is a big project that requires a main subject and a broad question. My capstone is about the potential harm earthquakes can cause and the government’s reaction when having these disasters. But what steps did i take to complete this project and what were my weries and excitements while in process. All this relates to my capstone experience and how I organized myself to have an amazing presentation.This was the order I followed in list form to be ready for the Ted Talk starting off with research, writing essay, typescript and memorize then final present.
Starting with research was the right thing to do. Because research got me to understand and learn more about earthquakes. Research also happened to help me to know about what I would include in my essay. However, the research wasn’t too easy and led me to some problems. The first bad encounter was when information was not clear. This happened to me while I looked to find out the impact of earthquakes on taxes. This wasn’t the only error as I also stumbled upon an article that wasn’t trustworthy and had a lot of people publishing different information. After these encounters I started to take my time because I was wired of finding mistakes in my research. This was a terrific idea because it led me to focus on the amazing fact that would be important for the ted talk. Somehow the fact that interested me the most was learning about the levels of magnitudes and the potential harm earthquakes can cause.
The second most important thing to do is to write my essay but before that happened I had to write my research in full sentences and then choose what I would include.This took a while because I had a lot of similar facts and information to write about. However I believe that writing the essay wasn’t the hardest but knowing what to include in which order would take time and focus. However this was not the case because I was prepared and had already planned in what order I would write. But what I most enjoyed while preparing my essay was choosing what I would include. This was fun and exciting because I finally got time to look and pick what I thought most interesting and sad because earthquakes are a disgraceful experience. Here is my essay.
Finally, the script was the step that felt the easiest to complete. Because we really just had to trim the essay and then adjust it to the way we wanted it to sound. Trimming the text also made me think at the time if I wanted ted talk or wevideo. But I decided I wanted to improve on my public speaking skills. This was the only reason I really wanted to do a ted talk. Even though I picked Ted talk I had to focus on trimming the text because the due date wasn’t too far away. Trimming the essay was not simple because you had to time each body paragraph and it had to be less than 6 minutes. After trimming My ted talk was planned to last 4 minutes and 53 seconds long but this was just an estimate. My real ted talk took 5 minutes.This is my script.
After all the research, essay writing, and script writing it’s time for really presenting the ted talk. Before presenting I had to memorize my script and work on public speaking. Memorizing my script was not hard but being from a different country meant my accent was different and some words were a bit hard to pronounce. Public speaking was an important skill to learn as it took confidence and dedication. What bothered me the most with speaking was knowing when to talk loud and use hand motions. When the time came to present I was ready I felt confident but a bit weird but knowing what to say made me chill and excited. All this work and dedication led me to have an excellent presentation and an amazing time.
After all the research, essay writing, and script writing it’s time for really presenting the ted talk. Before presenting I had to memorize my script and work on public speaking. Memorizing my script was not hard but being from a different country meant my accent was different and some words were a bit hard to pronounce. Public speaking was an important skill to learn as it took confidence and dedication. What bothered me the most with speaking was knowing when to talk loud and use hand motions. When the time came to present I was ready I felt confident but a bit weird but knowing what to say made me chill and excited. All this work and dedication led me to have an excellent presentation and an amazing time.